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SARS cases pass 6,000; more than 400 dead
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| 05/02/2003
| Michael Smith
Posted on 05/03/2003 4:01:22 AM PDT by Judith Anne
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To: Nov3
That's very interesting. I know with most viral infections, you screen with antibody titers which only show previous exposure ---then you follow up with PCR testing to check if the actual virus is there ---but that would only work for chronic infections because with many acute infections by the time your antibody titer is high and/or tested, your body cleared itself of the virus so it wouldn't be there by PCR testing.
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posted on
05/03/2003 9:47:40 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: harpseal
or even to prevent myself from catching it. The best way to avoid catching it is to stay out of areas that vote for Democrats.
Top states for SARS:
California
New York
Washington
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posted on
05/03/2003 9:53:54 AM PDT
by
PAR35
To: harpseal
There is little I can do to stop this disease or even to prevent myself from catching it.Staying off airliners would be a start......
To: aristeides
thanks for the ping
To: Joe Hadenuf
What about shopping at Walmarts or Family Dollars where the products are from China and who knows who sneezed and coughed all over them?
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posted on
05/03/2003 10:00:56 AM PDT
by
FITZ
To: FL_engineer
Great data. Thanks.
To: FITZ
Already 5600 people who had SARS are now immune to it, and less virulent strains appear to be emerging which will give more people immunity. Where have you read this? Everything I have read states that they do not know if people develop immunity or can catch SARS again. And I read every SARS article on FR!
To: FITZ
That too, good point.
But I will tell you my friend, the last thing I plan to do is jump on an airliner with three hundred other people, all packed together, breathing each others used air. They couldn't pay me enough.
To: Mr. Mulliner
The article I read said the total number of cases was at 1611 with deaths at, I think, 170. What am I missing? Those are the numbers for just Hong Kong
To: FL_engineer
Do you have any trend numbers for India? I was expecting Indian cases to pick up a head of steam in a hurry when I heard the virus was found there.
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posted on
05/03/2003 10:26:07 AM PDT
by
Mr. Mulliner
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To: Mr. Mulliner
And where is compulsively clean Japan?
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posted on
05/03/2003 10:34:48 AM PDT
by
_Jim
(Guangdong doctor linked as source of SARS in China: http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030320/09/)
To: Mr. Mulliner
any trend numbers for India? I was expecting Indian cases to pick up a head of steam in a hurry I have read a number of stories about possible sars in india, and WHO even listed them on 4-30 (with one case - recovered), but then the next day removed india from the list. I cant remember their rationale.
To: FL_engineer
Thanks for your posts. Good information.
To: FL_engineer
The rationale was that none of Indian victims have yet developed the pneumonia, even though they tested positive for the virus.
Apparently, WHO wants to classify SARS by its symptoms, rather than by the presence of the virus.
Which is nuts, by the way.
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posted on
05/03/2003 2:41:53 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: Judith Anne
I agree. The entire outbreak mushroomed outside of hospital settings, i.e. Amoy Gardens, the granny who carried it to Canada, etc.
To: Prince Charles
Yes, I agree.
To: Judith Anne
Thanks for the post.
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posted on
05/03/2003 9:17:19 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: TheLion
You're welcome. I don't have a "ping" list, so I appreciate the trouble you went to to find it. Half the time, I forget the posting names of the people I want to ping...
To: Judith Anne
I type the names with semi-colons onto notepad....then copy and paste in the "To" block. Save the note pad for whatever ping list I am using. It works for me anyway.
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posted on
05/04/2003 11:22:31 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: TheLion
That would be a good idea...thanks for the suggestion.
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